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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

I have bought 6 new plants..real this time
Do you think i need to do something so it will look better?
Iam open to any suggesstions.

Robby

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

very nice

Uhhmm...that photo was not good...i will try to take better ones..

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A nice start!
I love how you can see the driftwood clearly, that little cave it makes is just begging to be explored! I'd suggest keeping it clear in the front of the wood so it continues to be an (off) center piece, and provide some clear swimming space.

I'd work towards letting the background plants fill in a bit more, and to get a background on the tank .

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more pics...yes i know babel..i have to buy more plants...thanks for the comments


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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

The driftwood is the favorite place for the pleco and the feather-fin catfish
I want to have an open place in the middle of my tank so the fish can have some space to swim.On the leftside of the tank i want other plants..will swords be nice..

Robby

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

That looks quite nice. Some moss would look nice on the driftwood. Is this a mix of plastic and real plants, or are they all live? Swords do best in deep substrate, so if you don't have 3 inches or so of gravel, you might want to get a 4" terracotta pot to plant a sword in, and tuck it in front of the vals next to the little black cave. to amek it look more natural, you can coat the pot in aquarium silicone and roll it in some spare gravel, or stick rocks and small pieces of driftwood to it. I also like the short plant with the round leaves that is near the little cave, and some more of those to fill in might look good while still maintaining open swimmin area.

Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...

red markings are fake plants....i will take pics to morrow when i have removed all the fake plants.

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

Robby,

I agree with illustrae, some moss would look nice on the driftwood but also on the rocks to its right.

Ingo

Keep the pics coming

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I agree with Babel I like the wood and rock with the open space.I'd leave that space open and work around it.

As the others said "age" up the wood with some moss or fern.

Instead of the Cambomba between the wood and rock try something like Balansae.

The Wisteria will spread quickly. If theres still a cap between it and the Vals add more vals.

Replace the fake plant on the left with a similar real plant , something with small leaves. Pearl Grass would be perfect. Tons of it, real bushy, it will work very well with open space.

Looking good

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I want to have an open place in the middle of my tank so the fish can have some space to swim.

Not sure how open you mean by open place :%)...but if you mean down to the gravel I'd suggest having it be that one spot in front of the driftwood. Not only is it off center and therefore better composition, but it's also a logical spot for plants to not be growing .

If you want low growing foreground plants for the center to extend the swimming area that'd work too, just dont' think you should have bare to the gravel space dead center...just a bit .

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Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time...
It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right
[link=I hope]http://babelfish.qwertydigital.com/" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link] you had the time of your life"

"Replace the fake plant on the left with a similar real plant , something with small leaves. Pearl Grass would be perfect. Tons of it, real bushy, it will work very well with open space".
The plant you suggested Bensaf will not go good in my tank,The pearl grass need 4 watts/liter that means bright lighting.I have only .8 watts/liter..low light.
I will see if i find some new bulbs..what bulbs would you buy for a 75g?
Thanks,

Robby

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

The pearl grass need 4 watts/liter that means bright lighting.I have only .8 watts/liter..low light.

Robby I may have been away from Europe for the past ten years but I still remember my metric system. 4 watts per liter is over 16 watts per gallon (4.54 liters per imp gallon )NO plant needs that. Your current 0.8 per liter is 3.5 wpg, plenty enough for any darn plant I know of !Hemianthus isn't that light hungry anyway, just as long as it's not shaded.

I don't sweat the bulbs too much. Tried lots of different colors in the past, none made the slighest bit of difference in plant health or otherwise as far as I could tell. I like the 6500k 's 'cos they bring out the best deepest richest colors in plants and fish. Some like the 10000k don't know why, they say it's better looking, to me the colors are shinier but aren't as rich and deep as the 6500k. Brighter is not neccessarily the best color.

I just use plain old 6500K Pc bulbs I pick up in ACE hardware (yes, we have ACE in Indonesia !)

Last edited by bensaf at 08-Sep-2005 07:53

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